When transporting live animals in a truck, must the driver take extreme care and pay more attention to driving?

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The transport of livestock or live animals is one of the most delicate tasks in goods transport. Unlike a static load that is properly secured, animals are a live, moving load that can react to driving forces (braking, acceleration or turning). Their movement inside the cargo body or semi-trailer continuously alters the center of gravity of the vehicle as a whole and unbalances the distribution of mass per axle, markedly raising the risk of rollover or loss of path. For this reason, the driver must anticipate maneuvers, take curves smoothly at reduced speed and avoid sudden braking or sudden changes of direction. Ventilation of the cargo body is good animal-welfare practice, but it is not the reason why extra attention must be taken: what demands more care is the movement of the live load. And claiming that driving is the same as with any other load is completely false.

When transporting live animals in a truck, must the driver take extreme care and pay more attention to driving?

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